Naam Shabana

Naam Shabana
The poster features Taapsee Pannu running and Sniper-rifle aim-pointer appears on her. At bottom appears title of the film. Images of rest star-cast appears at the top.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byShivam Nair
Written byNeeraj Pandey
Produced by
  • Shital Bhatia
  • Aruna Bhatia
Starring
CinematographySudheer Palsane
Edited byPraveen Kathikuloth
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release date
  • March 31, 2017 (2017-03-31) (India)[1]
Running time
147 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹25 crore[2]
Box office₹60 crore[3]

Naam Shabana (transl. The name is Shabana) is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Shivam Nair and written by Neeraj Pandey. The film is a prequel to the 2015 film Baby with Taapsee Pannu reprising her role as Shabana Khan[4] alongside Prithviraj Sukumaran and Manoj Bajpayee with an ensemble supporting cast. Akshay Kumar, Madhurima Tuli, Elli Avram, Anupam Kher, Danny Denzongpa, Murali Sharma, Taher Shabbir and Shibani Dandekar in special appearances.

The film was dubbed into Telugu and Tamil languages and released on 31 March 2017. The Tamil title was Naanthan Shabana whereas the Telugu title was Nene Shabana.[1]

The film was banned in Pakistan a day after its release.[5] The film received mixed reviews, but was a commercial success.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ a b "Naam Shabana: Taapsee Pannu shares Tamil, Telugu trailers, leaving fans asking for more". The Indian Express. 26 February 2017. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
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  3. ^ Hungama, Bollywood (1 April 2017). "Box Office: Worldwide collections and day wise break up of Naam Shabana – Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 14 April 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  4. ^ "'Naam Shabana' is spin-off, not prequel to 'Baby' Taapsee Pannu". DNA India. 15 March 2017. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  5. ^ Jha, Subhash K (9 April 2017). "Now, Naam Shabana banned in Pakistan". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  6. ^ Pandey, Prachita (10 February 2017). "'Naam Shabana' Trailer: Taapsee Pannu DARES to do what no other man does in this action packed film!". DNA India. Archived from the original on 12 February 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  7. ^ Shiksha, Shruthi (29 March 2017). "Naam Shabana: Why Akshay Kumar Has Lesser Portions Than Taapsee Pannu In Baby Spin-Off". NDTV. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Meet 'Naam Shabana's' strong and interesting mix of characters". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.